Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

Benefits in Current-Payment Status

Beneficiary Families

Table 5.H1 Number and average monthly family benefit for selected family groups, December 1945–2008, selected years

Year

Retired-worker families

Survivor families

Disabled-worker families

Worker only

Worker and wife a

Non-disabled widow only

Widowed mother or father and—

Worker only

Worker, wife, b and—

Worker and spouse

All

Men

Women

1 child

2 children

3 or more children

All

Men

Women

1 child

2 or more children

Number (thousands)

1945

416

338

78

181

95

86

48

24

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

1950

1,240

939

301

498

314

82

53

33

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

1955

3,266

2,054

1,212

1,124

700

126

86

80

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

1960

5,742

2,922

2,820

2,122

1,527

172

113

114

357

261

96

22

32

22

1965

8,386

4,137

4,249

2,400

2,332

182

135

153

714

481

232

54

109

30

1970

10,533

4,904

5,629

2,457

3,080

183

155

182

1,054

680

374

77

164

43

1975

13,520

6,134

7,385

2,618

3,606

221

182

176

1,750

1,080

671

137

250

66

1980

16,314

7,286

9,028

2,736

4,033

239

184

134

2,061

1,257

804

154

228

80

1985

19,132

8,601

10,531

2,861

4,606

158

131

74

2,039

1,267

772

84

140

76

1986

19,664

8,849

10,816

2,883

4,666

151

123

68

2,096

1,301

795

82

136

74

1987

20,137

9,064

11,074

2,893

4,709

141

115

62

2,154

1,338

816

79

132

74

1988

20,567

9,264

11,302

2,896

4,749

137

112

61

2,194

1,353

841

77

125

71

1989

21,036

9,495

11,541

2,903

4,788

137

109

58

2,262

1,390

872

75

120

67

1990

21,537

9,752

11,786

2,914

4,825

133

106

57

2,370

1,448

922

75

118

63

1991

21,978

9,985

11,992

2,918

4,850

130

106

55

2,523

1,529

994

76

119

61

1992

22,434

10,218

12,216

2,928

4,871

129

103

54

2,738

1,643

1,094

78

125

61

1993

22,796

10,404

12,392

2,912

4,870

126

103

53

2,935

1,743

1,192

78

127

59

1994

23,124

10,573

12,552

2,885

4,862

123

100

51

3,121

1,830

1,292

76

128

57

1995

23,433

10,732

12,701

2,845

4,841

120

97

49

3,305

1,909

1,396

75

124

55

1996

23,705

10,874

12,831

2,799

4,815

117

78

41

3,473

1,973

1,500

61

104

53

1997

24,124

11,027

13,097

2,759

4,657

113

74

37

3,593

2,006

1,588

57

91

53

1998

24,409

11,163

13,246

2,703

4,589

111

69

34

3,769

2,074

1,695

52

80

53

1999

24,730

11,337

13,394

2,651

4,536

107

67

32

3,924

2,131

1,793

49

72

52

2000

25,452

11,780

13,672

2,638

4,491

102

65

30

4,080

2,191

1,890

45

65

50

2001

25,838

11,990

13,848

2,581

4,416

98

63

29

4,292

2,282

2,010

43

60

51

2002

26,247

12,218

14,029

2,525

4,353

98

62

28

4,536

2,391

2,145

41

56

50

2003

26,664

12,420

14,224

2,468

4,286

96

61

27

4,832

2,532

2,301

40

55

53

2004

27,114

12,654

14,460

2,416

4,216

93

59

26

5,133

2,668

2,464

38

53

60

2005

27,659

12,916

14,743

2,368

4,140

90

56

26

5,423

2,797

2,626

36

51

67

2006

28,198

13,174

15,024

2,324

4,059

89

54

24

5,703

2,918

2,784

36

47

71

2007

28,791

13,461

15,330

2,281

3,995

86

52

23

5,975

3,042

2,933

33

43

72

2008

29,570

13,847

15,723

2,216

3,925

84

50

22

6,279

3,181

3,098

33

42

78

Average monthly family benefit (dollars)

1945

23.50

24.50

19.50

38.50

20.20

34.10

47.70

50.40

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

1950

42.20

44.60

34.80

71.70

36.50

76.90

93.90

92.40

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

1955

59.10

64.60

49.80

103.50

48.70

106.80

135.40

133.20

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

. . .

1960

69.90

79.90

59.60

123.90

57.70

131.70

188.00

181.70

87.90

91.90

76.90

184.70

192.20

135.50

1965

80.10

90.50

70.00

141.50

73.90

153.00

219.80

218.10

95.40

100.70

85.00

201.00

216.30

145.90

1970

114.20

128.70

101.60

198.90

102.40

213.00

291.10

289.90

128.10

136.30

113.10

264.10

273.20

199.20

1975

201.60

225.50

181.80

343.90

195.90

367.20

468.60

461.80

218.90

240.00

185.00

441.00

454.00

344.00

1980

333.00

377.10

297.40

566.60

311.60

612.80

759.20

740.50

355.40

396.20

291.70

727.00

746.10

573.00

1985

465.80

531.80

412.00

813.90

434.30

829.60

981.50

924.90

466.90

523.10

374.60

898.10

895.20

765.00

1986

475.20

542.60

420.10

831.30

444.90

841.70

994.00

939.80

470.70

527.80

377.40

896.90

888.30

773.30

1987

499.20

570.40

440.80

873.30

468.70

882.10

1,032.30

968.90

491.60

552.00

392.60

929.40

918.30

815.50

1988

522.70

597.20

461.70

914.10

493.60

921.80

1,070.40

1,012.90

512.20

576.10

409.50

960.20

938.40

855.40

1989

552.10

630.70

487.40

965.60

522.80

967.80

1,120.00

1,064.60

539.30

607.10

431.20

1,009.40

971.90

903.70

1990

588.30

671.90

519.10

1,026.60

557.90

1,020.20

1,177.70

1,124.60

570.40

642.80

456.80

1,062.10

1,016.00

960.80

1991

614.70

702.00

542.10

1,071.70

584.90

1,059.80

1,216.80

1,160.60

592.30

668.40

475.50

1,098.00

1,043.30

1,004.70

1992

637.80

728.10

562.30

1,110.50

609.00

1,086.90

1,252.40

1,190.80

609.50

688.70

490.70

1,122.10

1,057.40

1,045.00

1993

659.10

751.90

581.20

1,145.40

632.20

1,114.20

1,282.60

1,229.40

625.50

707.20

506.00

1,143.00

1,074.20

1,078.20

1994

682.30

777.80

601.80

1,183.70

657.10

1,150.10

1,328.40

1,271.00

646.20

731.80

525.00

1,177.60

1,100.00

1,118.60

1995

704.80

803.00

621.80

1,220.60

681.60

1,184.50

1,365.50

1,299.80

667.60

757.40

544.80

1,205.50

1,130.90

1,159.90

1996

730.00

831.10

644.20

1,262.10

708.70

1,222.50

1,450.60

1,347.20

690.60

785.30

566.00

1,245.90

1,148.50

1,200.60

1997

750.20

853.70

663.10

1,294.60

733.20

1,250.30

1,502.60

1,358.00

708.00

806.60

583.60

1,280.20

1,165.90

1,238.50

1998

765.10

870.50

676.40

1,317.70

750.90

1,277.00

1,537.70

1,393.20

720.00

820.20

597.40

1,300.40

1,189.40

1,261.90

1999

789.80

898.60

697.70

1,356.80

776.60

1,325.40

1,590.40

1,446.30

741.20

844.50

618.50

1,344.90

1,224.20

1,295.30

2000

830.10

945.90

730.30

1,419.90

812.30

1,387.90

1,675.40

1,513.20

773.60

880.70

649.40

1,394.20

1,274.30

1,355.50

2001

860.20

979.90

756.60

1,465.50

842.90

1,439.70

1,755.10

1,600.60

801.20

911.00

676.60

1,440.70

1,317.90

1,405.70

2002

881.30

1,003.80

774.60

1,494.20

863.40

1,473.20

1,812.10

1,664.50

820.50

931.90

696.40

1,468.10

1,352.50

1,449.20

2003

908.70

1,035.20

798.30

1,534.90

890.50

1,525.40

1,881.00

1,724.20

848.00

962.50

722.00

1,517.70

1,409.60

1,497.50

2004

941.90

1,073.20

826.90

1,585.40

922.40

1,588.30

1,952.80

1,803.40

880.20

998.00

752.50

1,572.90

1,463.30

1,566.50

2005

989.00

1,126.80

868.30

1,660.30

969.10

1,663.30

2,061.30

1,885.40

923.20

1,045.60

792.80

1,652.00

1,540.90

1,668.50

2006

1,031.30

1,174.70

905.70

1,726.10

1,009.80

1,737.10

2,146.70

1,980.80

961.10

1,089.10

827.00

1,722.20

1,599.90

1,743.80

2007

1,065.90

1,213.50

936.20

1,775.90

1,042.40

1,791.90

2,221.10

2,051.10

987.40

1,116.90

853.10

1,775.80

1,655.60

1,796.60

2008

1,140.20

1,297.40

1,001.90

1,894.30

1,114.20

1,910.50

2,371.80

2,187.80

1,045.20

1,179.70

907.20

1,879.20

1,752.60

1,911.80

SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Master Beneficiary Record. Data for 1945–1984 are based on various sampling rates. Data for 1985–2005 are based on a 10 percent sample. All other years are 100 percent data.

NOTES: The term "full benefit" applies to benefits not subject to actuarial reduction, and the term "reduced benefit" applies to benefits subject to actuarial reduction.

Totals do not necessarily equal the sum of rounded components.

a. Includes 217,790 families with reduced retired-worker benefits.

b. Includes 35,446 families with reduced retired-worker benefits.

c. Where the disabled worker's spouse is dually entitled as a retired worker, the benefit amount shown for the spouse represents the difference between the entitlement amount as a spouse and as a retired worker.